Antigone at Schaubühne

Dates: (10/10/2012 )

Theatre:

Schaubühne

Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Kurfürstendamm 153,Berlin 10709

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Phone: +49.30.890023

Tickets: €7,00 - €37.00

Running Time: Approximately 120 minutes.

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Which truth is the correct one: that of the individual who wants to live his life through personal responsibility or that of the community which claims to know best what laws and what customs must be obeyed to achieve peaceful, human co-existence? There are numerous examples of mistakes made by the upholders of both sides of this argument. Misguided people believe they can force their world-view by resorting to violence. Individual perpetrators see themselves as chosen to save the world, and become more and more radical until they destroy themselves. Ever since the founding of Christianity, salvation has been seen as the answer to the question of where the true path lies. The constant struggle between the individual and the masses, between individual conviction and majority opinion, between feeling and power, determines our social process. In the clash between two equal positions, Hegel saw the essence of tragedy. Unavoidably, they have to cause each other’s demise, and in this downfall they show the truth of human existence.
In »Antigone«, this tragic split is presented as a family story. Two brothers have killed each other: one, Polyneices, as the aggressor and the other, Eteocles, as defender of the city. The sisters, Antigone and Ismene, hear the verdict: one brother is to be buried and the aggressor is to be left to decay without mourning. Antigone sets her love for her brother higher than her obedience to the state and starts a fight against the authorities.

Authors

Cast and Creative team for Antigone at Schaubühne

Autor Sophokles
Regie Friederike Heller
Bühne und Kostüme Sabine Kohlstedt
Musik Kante
Musikalische Leitung Peter Thiessen
Dramaturgie Bernd Stegemann
Licht Erich Schneider

Mit
Christoph Gawenda
Tilman Strauß
Flügel, Trompete
Thomas Leboeg
Klavier, Percussion
Michael Mühlhaus
Percussion, Gitarre
Felix Müller
Gesang, Harmonium, Gitarre
Peter Thiessen
Schlagzeug, Percussion
Sebastian Vogel

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